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Earl Warren

Former judge · Supreme Court of the United States

Earl Warren served on the Supreme Court of the United States. Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower and confirmed Mar 1, 1954.

Appointed by
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Confirmed
Mar 1, 1954
Born
1891

Appointments

  • Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the United StatesDwight D. Eisenhower · Mar 1, 1954 – Jul 9, 1974

Education

  • University of California, BerkeleyB.A., 1912
  • University of California, Berkeley, School of JurisprudenceJ.D., 1914

Career

Private practice, San Francisco and Oakland, California, 1914-1917; U.S. Army first lieutenant, 1917-1918; Clerk, Judiciary Committee, California State Assembly, 1919; Deputy city attorney, Oakland, California, 1919-1920; Deputy district attorney, Alameda County, California, 1920-1925; chief deputy district attorney, 1923-1925; District attorney, Alameda County, California, 1925-1938; Attorney general, State of California, 1938-1942; Governor, California, 1942-1953; Republican candidate for vice president of the United States, 1948; Presiding officer, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1954-1969; Chair of the board, Federal Judicial Center, 1968-1969

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From the Federal Judicial Center’s biographical directory of federal judges.

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Capitol Receipts, “Judge Earl Warren, Supreme Court of the United States,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/judge/j1389396/earl-warren (accessed 2026-10-13).

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